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Each year, the UNC Graduate School honors students around the university with awards celebrating their work.


Four students from the UNC School of Medicine earned Impact Awards and Horizons Awards from the UNC Graduate School, which honors student from various programs across UNC-Chapel Hill.

From the UNC School of Medicine, here are the winners:

Bevin Blake, Toxicology and Environmental Medicine

Providing Critical Information to Better Understand GenX, Making Drinking Water Safer

Rachel Dee, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

GRAF3’s Potential in Creating Better Treatment for Hypertension

Jason Wong, Microbiology and Immunology

Targeting Cellular ‘Switch’ May Inhibit Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

Anna Kahkoska, Nutrition | MD/PhD program

Identifying Key Subgroups, Challenges to Help Young People with Type 1 Diabetes

Read more about all of the award winners from across UNC-Chapel Hill.